Viewing video file properties - Security Center 5.8

You can view video file properties, such as file name, start and end time, file size, protection status, and so on, in the Archive storage details report. You can also change the protection status of the video files.

1. From the home page, open the Archive storage details task.
2. Set up the query filters for the report. Select one or more of the following filters:

   Cameras

   Select the camera to investigate.

   Custom fields

   Restrict the search to a predefined custom field for the entity. This filter only appears if custom fields are defined for the entity, and if the custom field was made visible to you when it was created or last configured.

   Event timestamp

   Define the time range for the query. The range can be defined for a specific period or for global time units, such as the previous week or the previous month.

   Media type

   Select the type of media you are looking for:

   Video

   Files that contain video recordings.

   Audio

   Files that contain audio recordings.

   Metadata

   Files that contain metadata, such as overlays.

   Origin type

   Refine your search by selecting the origin of the files:

   Downloaded from the unit's internal storage

   Files created by the camera, downloaded from it by an Archiver, and currently stored on the Archiver's disk.

   Duplicated from another Archiver

   Files created by an Archiver and transferred to another one.

   On the unit's internal storage

   Files created by the camera and currently stored on it.

   Recorded by the Archiver

   Files created and currently stored by an Archiver.

   Restored from a backup

   Files restored from an offline backup set; that is, a backup file containing archives that were not accessible from Security Center prior to restoring them.

   Source

   The name of the system the camera belongs to.

   Status

   Select the video file status you want to investigate:

   Unprotected

   Video files that are not protected against the Archiver’s routine cleanup. These files can be deleted once their retention period expires, or when the Archiver runs out of disk space, depending on your Archiver role settings.

   Protection ending

   Video files that you unprotected less than 24 hours ago.

   Protected

   Video files that are protected. They are not deleted even when the disk is full. For these files, you can also specify a protection end date.

3. Click Generate report.

   The video files associated with the selected cameras are listed in the report pane, along with their file properties.

4. To view a video sequence in a tile, double-click or drag a video file from the report pane to the canvas.

   The selected sequence immediately starts playing.